The Latest Breaking News from Caltrans

LOS ANGELES — At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, more than a dozen families that were homeless or at risk of losing housing seized vacant, publicly owned homes in the El Sereno neighborhood, an action they said was driven by the astronomical costs of living in…

Bay Area authorities are in the final stages of closing the region’s two largest homeless encampments, displacing hundreds of unhoused people as they clear massive clusters of tents, shacks and broken-down vehicles that have drawn complaints for years.

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Monterey County officials announced that the shelter-in-place advisory and all road closures for the Moss Landing fire incident were lifted Tuesday evening.

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Officials closed Highway 1 in both directions in Monterey County's Moss Landing early Tuesday after a fire was detected at the PG&E Elkhorn Battery Storage facility.

LOS ANGELES — No one wanted to claim responsibility for the old parking lot. A small patch of rutted pavement, dank and filthy, it sat forgotten beneath a freeway overpass near the San Pedro docks.

Caltrans has removed 1,213 tons of trash — enough to fill 22 Olympic-size swimming pools — while clearing hundreds of homeless encampments in the past year, an achievement hailed this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom despite ongoing criticism of the highway program.

Flash flooding in the park trapped hundreds of guests and partially buried cars and trucks in mud. The record-breaking rains dumped 1.46 inches — 75% of what the area typically gets in a year.

Authorities say a main roadway into Death Valley National Park will remain closed into next week as crews clean up after record-breaking rains damaged the roadway and choked it with mud, rocks and debris

Electric vehicles weigh more than their internal combustion engine counterparts, and that has implications for maintenance, safety and even pollution.

Atlas Technical Consultants Inc (NASDAQ:ATCX) has secured a three-year, $18 million Architectural and Engineering on-call Quality Assurance and Inspection Services contract from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in various counties in Southern California. Atlas will support the Caltrans Division of Engineering Services, Material Engineering, and Testing Services (METS) on all capital projects…

LOS ANGELES — As their Uber ride headed from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles late Thursday morning, Bella Reith and Paul Campo couldn’t help but notice the row of tents on sidewalks and freeway underpasses.